two new drugs for advanced breast cancer

October 1998

Roche is introducing two new drugs for advanced breast cancer...Xeloda (capecitabine) and Herceptin (trastuzumab).

Xeloda is a prodrug of 5-FU (5-fluorouracil).

It's taken ORALLY and metabolized to 5-FU in tumour cells.

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Table of Contents

lots of attention now on sports supplements
Diabetes intensive treatment of type 2 diabetes reduces complications
Women's Health calcium supplements can help relieve premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Infectious Diseases Cipro suspension
Infectious Diseases Rescriptor and Viramune belong to a new class
Migraine Zomig (zolmitriptan) for migraines
there's NO need to stop warfarin therapy before most dental surgery
lots of ads for dental chewing gums
surprising link between chronic gum infection and other conditions
Breast Cancer Herceptin
Breast Cancer The FDA will approve tamoxifen (Nolvadex) to PREVENT breast cancer
Cardiology most patients benefit from treatment with a beta-blocker after a heart attack
Nasonex (mometasone), a new nasal corticosteroid
new options to prevent exercise-induced asthma
selenium lowers the risk of prostate cancer
Breast Cancer two new drugs for advanced breast cancer
Infectious Diseases slew of new antivirals for HIV